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Astronomers have confirmed the existence of Proxima b, an Earth like planet right in our cosmic backyard. Located just 4.2 ...

How close are Earth-sized exoplanets to Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as a large international team of researchers have announced the ...

Astronomers have spotted four smaller-than-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us, called Barnard’s Star. According to the astronomers, these exoplanets — which are among the ...

(CNN) — After decades of searching, astronomers have uncovered some of the strongest evidence yet of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star system to Earth. The four planets are ...

It’s not easy to uncover exoplanets, largely lightless objects that either lurk in the dark void of space or are blown out by the light of a nearby star. But astronomers using the James Webb Space ...

Could there be alien life on Proxima b? Discover the possibilities of life thriving on our closest exoplanet neighbor.

Astronomers announced several months ago that there is most likely a small Earth-like planet in orbit of Proxima Centauri. That's a big deal because Proxima Centauri happens to be the closest star to ...

Worlds upon worlds await us in the cosmos and we’re finding more all the time. Before 1992, we weren’t even completely certain planets existed outside of our solar system. Now, astronomers are finding ...

An illustration of the newly detected exoplanet Barnard b, with the red dwarf Barnard's star in the background. ESO / M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that orbits a red dwarf ...